Shipham Church of England First School

Academy converter·First school Winscombe, Somerset·BS25 1TX

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Shipham Church of England First School is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

11 first choices, 11 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 11 places

Applications from another council area

50%

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Shipham Church of England First School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 80
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

4.6%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

7.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

17.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£9,288

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Fairlands Middle School Cheddar · 3.0 mi 44.4 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School Wedmore · 6.7 mi 60.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Shipham Church of England First School is a primary school serving Winscombe, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 80 pupils aged 2 to 9 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Shipham Church of England First School their first choice was offered one of its 11 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Shipham Church of England First School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.